In a disappointing result for connections of the John Moloney-trained Dame Vassa on Tuesday, the five-year-old mare was stripped of her second placing at Hamilton after her jockey Michael Poy weighed in light.

Dame Vassa held second on the line in a tight three-way go for the minor placings behind Cheeky Reward in the Comfort Inn Botanical F&M BM58 Handicap (1200m), but was later disqualified under AR143(a).

Poy's pockets will no doubt also be a touch lighter with the indiscretion normally attracting a fine from stewards.

It was the second instance of a jockey weighing in light in Victoria in five days, after Zac Spain was fined $1000 on Wodonga Cup Day, and the horse he rode to a runner-up finish Electric Charlie was disqualified as a result.

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Why is it the punters fault if jockeys weigh in light, there should be a hefty fine as the punter who backed the horse to place or had the horse in exotic bets lose. Place a hefty fine and time on d sidelines and this was the pubter is not punished for something like this.